Coalition breaking?Coroner attacks 'inexcusable' US

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6559529.stm

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A coroner has called it "inexcusable" that US authorities failed to release evidence about the first UK casualties of the Iraq war.

The eight servicemen died along with four US marines in Kuwait.

American authorities would not give evidence or provide relevant videotape to the court despite all efforts by the MoD, the coroner said.

Mr Walker, Oxfordshire's Assistant Deputy Coroner, criticised US authorities for failing to provide "vital" information during the controversial Matty Hull inquest last month.

Mr Walker said that despite "strenuous attempts by his office and the Ministry of Defence", the US had again said it would not provide any American witnesses to give evidence at his hearing.